primary focus
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprimaryandfocus
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primary
adjective
uk/ˈpraɪ.mər.i/us/ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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focus
noun
uk/ˈfəʊ.kəs/us/ˈfoʊ.kəs/
the main or central point of something, especially of attention ...
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(Definition ofprimaryandfocusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofprimary focus
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Moreover, these findings have implications for the development of fluency that could be applicable to adult second language learning, herprimaryfocusof interest.
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Adverse events due to errors in the medication process are, however, particularly amenable to prevention and these are therefore theprimaryfocusof this review.
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This article takes as itsprimaryfocustwo eighteenth-century representations and one nineteenth-century autobiographical account.
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Theoretical diversity also matches the substantive diversity of contemporary western politics, which is (despite the editors stated contrary intention) theprimaryfocusof this encyclopedia.
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As in the earlier review, theprimaryfocusis on non-pathological loss examined from psycholinguistic perspectives.
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It shows that nursing homes were theprimaryfocusof citizen advocacy in long-term care.
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It was this group that became theprimaryfocusof policy debate, rather than the majority of disabled people above working age.
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The wellbeing of the ' charge ' is the responsibility andprimaryfocusof the dependency worker.
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Theprimaryfocusis not on the person being cared for but on the presenting problem.
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Itsprimaryfocusis on description and this is where it succeeds very well.
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Theprimaryfocusof the research of the senior author is the theta rhythm of the hippocampus.
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Theprimaryfocusshould be on control of pain; the prescription of sleeping tablets should be avoided.
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Teaching activities were myprimaryfocus, and without graduate students, laboratory preparations were borne alone.
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The clinical trials enrolled primarily older women, so ourprimaryfocuswas on 70-year-old women.
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Theirprimaryfocus, however, is on the civil servant's reaction to potential changes in ministerial preferences.
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Theprimaryfocusmight be on context, events and personalities, but the overriding ideas and practices of the movement as it evolved are not neglected.
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Theprimaryfocusof this article, however, has been to trace the emergence and development of the professionalisation of supervisors or managers of old-age care.
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Theprimaryfocuswill be on introductory courses rather than advanced degree programs.
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Theprimaryfocuson profit maximization, however, overlooks many nonprofit objectives involved in resource allocation and social preferences beyond greed.
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Although environmental interaction can occur at other levels of the organizational hierarchy, organisms are theprimaryfocusof environmental interaction.
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